re: So let's talk Mazzone after his first year

Yeah, was Trevor holding the offense back, probably, but does Mazzone get a pass for it? I don't know. Next year Mazzone will have a first year starter.

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It's frustrating that on both sides of the ball we seem to rely on big plays and have no consistency. That to me, says we have players that can make plays but we aren't putting them in a position to succeed on a consistent basis.

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I lean more towards it being that Trevor was inconstant w/pre snap reads (3rd & 4th on last drive vs KSU is a prime example) and as a passer (aside from those one on one deep balls) while the WRs (mainly RSJ, Speedy, and to a lesser degree Kirk) had some drop issues. Even on many of the completed passes the ball often low, high, behind, and in front of the WR enough that plays didn't get as many yards as they could have. It's hard to be consistent when your offense can't execute the simple short passes at a high clip.

Also, for as good as Trevor was running the ball, starting w/Tennessee he began to miss HUGE opportunities to keep the ball on the read option. Not sure if it was b/c of defenses adjusting to his tendencies or if he was simply trying to keep from taking too many hits but there were many times a 3 yard gain could have been huge plays if he had kept it.

It was concerning that when Hubes played the offense was total trash but considering Knight was brought in at all the staff must have known he wasn't capable of handling the gig (at least w/this o-line).


Really if we can just have a QB who can complete passes somewhere in the low to mid 60% range and can run the ball enough to make defenses account for him the offense should be good enough to win quite a few games. Hopefully, more consistent passing will also lead to more extended drives that can, at the very least, give the defense more rest. That alone should make a huge difference in their late game/late season performance.